Italian and German unification

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  • Piedmont-Sardinia adopted liberal constituion

  • Constituion of Prussia is written

    Forced by Berlin rioters at a constitutional convention, It was the first liberal constituion for the kingdom, paving the way for unification.

  • Victor Emmanuel II becomes king of Sardinia-Piedmont

    He retained his nation liberal constitution, fully supported Cavour's policy

  • Sardinia's King, Victor Emmanuel II, named Camillo di Cavour prime minister

  • Garibaldi captured Sicily

  • Garibaldi joined by Sicilian and Neopolitan revolutionaries captures The Two Sicilies

  • Wilhelm I succeeded Frederick William to the throne

  • Conservative Junker Otto von Bismarck is apointed prime minister

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    The Danish War

    Bismarck starts a war with Denmark over Schleswig and Holstein. Prussia and Austria easily defeat Denmark.
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    Seven Weeks' War

    Fought between Prussia and Austria

  • Prussians defeat Austrians and take Venetia

    Italy, allies with Prusshia gain Venetia in a peace treaty that cedes Venetia from Austria to Italy.

  • North German Confederation and German Empire are established

    During Franco-Prussian War, the four south German sates consented to unification with Prussia. BIsmarck proclaimed William I as Kaiser.
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    Franco-Prussia War

    Bismarck decieves French into declaring war on Prussia

  • Capture of Rome

    French forces withdrew troops protecting the Pope after the Franco-Prussian War; Italian forces occupied the city and Rome was annexed and designated capital of Italy.

  • Prussia captured French palace of Versailles, King Wilhelm I of Prussia was crowned Kaiser

  • The Treaty of Frankfurt is written

    The treaty ceded the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, agreed to pay Germany a huge war indemnity, and consented to German military occupation in France.